Night Vocabulary

Luis Acevedo

Mrs. Bosch

Honors English 10

1 January 2009

Night Vocabulary

1.prostrate: lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward;lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, esp. in reverence or.
2.interlude: an intervening period of time ;something performed during a theater intermission.
3.reprieve : cancel or postpone the punishment of someone given the penalty of death;a cancellation or postponement of a punishment; a temporary escape from an undesirable fate or unpleasant situation.
4.rations : a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime;food; provisions;fixed amount of a particular thing.
5.dysentery: infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces;bacterial dysentery can be spread by contact.
6.robust: strong and healthy; vigorous; able to withstand or overcome adverse conditions.
7.quarantine: a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
8.apathy: lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern
9.humane:having or showing compassion or benevolence;intended to have a civilizing or refining effect on people.
10.grimace: an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement.
11.nocturnal:done, occurring, or active at night; any act doing during the night would be a nocturnal act.
12.livid:furiously angry;having a dark inflamed skin tone.
13.pious:making a hypocritical display of virtue;dutiful or loyal.
14.interminable: endless;eternal; neverending.
15.wizened: shriveled or wrinkled with age.
16.morale:the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at any given time.
17.infernal:of, relating to, or characteristic of hell or the underworld;irritating and tiresome.
18.refuge:a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble;something providing shelter.
19.oppressive:unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint;weighing heavily on the mind or spirits; causing depression or discomfort
20.expelled: deprive someone of membership; force to make someone leave a place;force out or eject.